NT police minister says historic racist and antisemitic social media posts were ‘satirical’ and don’t define his views

Brent Potter said he shared the Facebook posts as a ‘way to connect’ and the humour would ‘not be understood by those who haven’t served’ in the military

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The Northern Territory police minister has claimed that racist and antisemitic posts he shared on social media were “satirical”, as allegations of systemic racism continue to rock the territory’s police force.

Now-deleted posts from Brent Potter’s Facebook account were revealed on Wednesday, with one 2013 post quoting a Nazi saying “in the absence of orders, go find something and kill it”.

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